Solomon: Nolan Ryan returning to the Astros might be too ‘dynamic’

If he does leave the Rangers, The Ryan Express likely won't be rolling back to Houston to join the Astros. (James Nielsen/Chronicle)

Nolan Ryan could be leaving the Rangers?

Would it make sense for the Astros to bring the legend into the fold? Well, of course it would. So, of course, it won’t happen.

The Newstros management team wants to put its own stamp on things. They want to turn the team around, but they want to be the ones that do it.

They have changed everything about the team – manager and general manager, uniforms, leagues and the size of napkins at concession stands – with the idea of a complete separation from the past regime.

The only thing left to change is wins (too few) and losses (far too many).

With so much heat they will take for all those losses yet to come, the last thing they would want is to allow Ryan to ride in on his white horse and take credit for the losses.

Ryan isn’t the kind of guy to take a job just to have one. He’ll want some say in what goes on. I can’t imagine the Newstros giving him any.

That would be too dynamic of a move.

While we’re on that subject, the new ticket policy of “dynamic pricing” has landed with the delicacy of a boulder on a roach.

By gouging fans for the more attractive games, the Astros are treating their fans like the Angels are treating Mike Trout.

And they’re doing it to us because they can. It’s wrong and always will be wrong.

I get the math, and understand the formula that led them to believe this was the best way to make a buck.

But this shouldn’t be about economics.

To most true fans, baseball isn’t an economic system. It’s an escape.

By bringing so much of the real world into the stadium, the Astros are asking us to react in a real world type of way.

You try to gouge me on Opening Day, I’ll refuse to contribute to your cause on random Thursday’s in June.

You sell me out to crazy Red Sox and Yankees fans who won’t come to Minute Maid otherwise, and I’ll leave you to figure out a way to get them to come see your sorry product when their team isn’t in town.

You toy with my love of the game on the opening weekend against a team you want to turn into a rival, and I might mess around and become a fan of said rival – a franchise which actually fields a major league-caliber team.

So, go ahead and make all the money you can right now. Some fans might never forgive you for it.